Events

The Beautiful Music All Around Us

Stephen Wade

This theatrical performance is written and performed by Stephen Wade—best known for his show, Banjo Dancing, and his newest book, also titled “The Beautiful Music All Around Us.” Based on Library of Congress field recordings of the 1930s and ‘40s, this exhilarating theatrical concert features spoken word, projected images, and live music-making.

First Tuesday Tunes with Betse

Betse Ellis

Tote your instruments to the Olathe Public Library for an acoustic Jam session with Betse Ellis, a founding member of The Wilders and the fiddlin' half of the new duo, Betse & Clarke. All skill levels welcome; come and play, sing along or just enjoy the music.

FOLK MUSIC FULL MOON

Rich Lindell and Roady Tate

Adults & children 13+. $8 per person. Register online or call 651-249-2170. Come for one or both. 6:30: Strap on a pair of snowshoes and hike by the light of the moon. 7:45: Enjoy the musical “airs” of “Rich & Roady” while sipping a cup of hot cider, coffee or tea. Rich Lindell & Roady Tate, a guitar folk duo, sing & play contemporary & traditional folk songs along with a few oldies & pop tunes. Guitar, mandolin, and harmonica.

Dom Flemons

Widely considered an ‘American Songster’ for the modern age, Dom Flemons delights with tunes crossing regions, instruments, and centuries. Calling on traditional southern folk riffs, ragtime, blues, jugband music, and a fair dose of humor, Flemons harkens back to a time when ‘roots’ meant wherever one planted his or her feet, and plays with storytelling and traditional musical forms to create new soundscapes suitable for the 21st century American roots listener.

Otter Creek House Concert

Otter Creek

With 10 instruments between them and 53 strings to tune Otter Creek burst onto the national Folk scene in 2012 with back to back hit albums on the Folk Charts. In the 4 years since the husband and wife duo began playing together, Otter Creek has won multiple awards for their virtuosic instrumentals, adept songwriting, and visionary arrangements of traditional and original tunes. They have drawn praise from around the country leading one critic to describe them as “a duo that is both a technical

Otter Creek House Concert

Peter & Mary Danzig

Join us for an evening with Otter Creek, an award-winning husband & wife duo from Salt Lake City. With 10 instruments between them and 53 strings to tune Otter Creek burst onto the national Folk scene in 2012 with back to back hit albums on the Folk Charts. Their album 'Shiver Into Spark' garnered attention as a collection of “songs that appeal to the heart and mind as well as the ear” and a work of “superb musicianship underpinned by stunning technique” (Greg Harness, Rootsworld Magazine)

An Evening with Otter Creek

Otter Creek

Otter Creek, a husband and wife duo from Salt Lake City, UT, have won multiple awards for their virtuosic instrumentals, adept songwriting and visionary arrangements of traditional and original tunes. Join us at the Olathe Public Library for an intimate evening with Otter Creek.

One Night: Victor & Penny and Danielle Ate the Sandwich

Danielle Anderson, Jeff Freling, Erin McGrane

ONE NIGHT ONLY | Good friends. Good music. Colorado singer-songwriter Danielle Anderson, known as Danielle Ate The Sandwich and KC prohibition-era jazz darlings Victor & Penny team up again for a night of music and laughter in a new listening venue. The Buffalo Room is tucked inside the venerable Westport Flea Market. Both groups released new albums in January 2015. VIP seating available. Tickets on sale now. BUY: https://www.eventbrite.com/edit?eid=15592622955&internal_ref=login

First Tuesday Tunes with Betse

Betse Ellis

Tote your instruments to the Olathe Public Library for an acoustic Jam session with Betse Ellis, a founding member of The Wilders and the fiddlin' half of the new duo, Betse & Clarke. All skill levels welcome; come and play, sing along or just enjoy the music.